Any quick remedies besides going to the dentist ?
SupaStar Sun 28/09/08 22:31
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Clove oil from the chemist is supposed to be good for relieving the pain
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Sadly the vast majority of specific dental pain (especially if you can identify a specific area and/or tooth) requires some kind of dental intervention i.e. you probably need to visit the dentist.
Analgesics and topical remedies may help (depending on the nature/type of pain) until you can visit the dentist
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Clove OIl works well but taste's absolutly vile - its a quick temporary fix - failing that try some Jack Daniels.
You can't put off going to the dentist forever, believe me I tried when I had toothache, clove oil and JD worked for a while and then it got to the point where I couldn't sleep it was so bad and nothing worked. The pain also travelled to other teeth and in the end I had to have 2 out at once (1 top 1 bottom) Ouch........
Still hate dentists though.
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cosmetix4u is right ....only i think the dentists have improved tenfold,(not a thing to be scared of)a bit uncomfortable now and then but c,mon,you could be in the 50s or 60s and you would have known about it!!!!
boil the kettle,let it cool down and swig some warm salted water until it eases
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So does a tooth ache mean that that the tooth has to be taken out ? Thing is, I recently came from a dentist and had fillings done, ever since the fillings I am getting tooth ache ...?
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go back to the same practice and insist on a different dentist and explain the problem......oh,and say any chance of a dentist this time!!
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Gargle your mouth with warm salt water. That should ease the pain.
Gargling with warm salth water after food helps in a long run. Salt is a natural disinfectant.
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Dentists are in a fortunate but also dififcult position:
- the practice of medicine in general WOULD be based on a preventive approach, sadly especially here in the UK this is NOT how it is practiced i.e. you attend your GP when YOU precieve a problem
- dentists will see patients who present in pain (very commonly as it happens) but they will also screen/examine/diagnose in order to PREVENT dental disease either occurring in the first place or reduce the impact it has on the overall oral health of an individual
- this means that you may go to the dentist, symptom free he/she may diagnose you as having decay in one of your teeth and therefore suggest that the decay be removed and the tooth be restored, herein lies the problem:
- removal of decay from a symptom free tooth generally creates some (unavoidable!!!) sensitivity, therefore you are attending symptom free and leaving with sensitivity/pain/discomfort (not always)
- Here is the part that sadly people DO NOT ACCEPT, this has been done FOR YOUR BENEFIT!!
- if dental decay is left untreated then it almost always results in severe pain and eventually abscess formation (the length of time this takes varies from individual to individual)
- as you can appreciate from my little rant this is just one small example highlighting the difficulties faced by a dentist due to a lack of understanding by their patients
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The current perception of healthcare professionals held by the general public today saddens me.
There was a programme I noticed airing on sky 3 last night entitled 99 worst surgical blunders (or something similar)
- some of the cases were truly horrific and clearly in some of the cases a result of a senior medical practioner's neglect or avoidable error.
However:
- the programme was one sided and its purpose was clearly to produce a frightening image of surgeons
- SOME of the cases highlighted were definately NOT the result of surgical mis-management they were merely unfortunate/unavoidable post-operative complications
- Why do people REFUSE to accept that they are NOT machines and that despite the best efforts of a healthcare team an outcome will be less than ideal, there is NOT always someone to BLAME!!!
- If a patient goes into a 'clean' hospital undergoes a 'routine' (no such thing!!!!) procedure and subsequently develops post-operative complication/infection then very often they want to hold someone responsible, , why?????
-Surgical/dental procedures just about ALL have known/well established/'normal' post-operative effects which are UNAVOIDABLE, why on earth would you try and hold someone responsible for them???
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Phone the dentist, ask to speak to the dentist her/himself. Explain the situation and see what he/she suggests.
Don't just go on putting up with the pain.
Meanwhile, clove oil and paracetamol will help.
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